It's Official...Cottle/Hurd Gone To Jordan

While Cottle had confirmed he left Country Club of Farmington last week to become executive chef at the tony Cheshire and Darien-based catering and event planning business, no one knew for sure what was happening to his sidekick, Van Hurd.

Hurd, who was also at Country Club of Farmington, has been tapped as Cottle's sous chef with both scheduled to begin work in their new kitchen on Sept. 20.

Celebrity power aside, (in the 2009 season, Cottle was the runner-up on Gordon Ramsay's popular reality show while Hurd was a popular contestant), Jeffrey Rapoport, who co-owns Jordan's with wife Debra, said the hires are all about the food.

"The motive was to maintain and surpass our standards of excellence at all points of contact, as well as furthering our impact and involvement in the farm-to-table movement in Connecticut," he said. "Our existing Jordan team and Chef Cottle are both intrinsically involved in the CT Department of Agriculture's Farm-to-Chef program."

Besides his culinary duties at Jordan's, Cottle will also represent the company at promotional events and continue his weekly cooking segment on FoxCT.

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Van's mother just passed away - Luna Vachon and he is currently in Spring Hill Fl, visiting with family and morning the loss of his mother. He will return to start his new job as scheduled. I can't wait for their cookbook to come out. That will be the best of both worlds.. texas style and new england style recipes.!!